Built for the Forest: teacher key

Northern Goshawks, grade 4 edition, written for 4th grade. A goshawk has short wings and a long tail made for thick woods. Read about its sky-dance, its nest and its young.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What is the northern goshawk?
   • The largest accipiter (answer)
   • The smallest owl
   • A kind of duck
2. What do its short wings let it do?
   • Swim fast
   • Speed up quickly (answer)
   • Dig holes
3. When do goshawks fly the sky-dance?
   • Only at night
   • In the fall only
   • In late winter and spring (answer)
4. At about what age do young goshawks move onto branches?
   • 34 to 35 days (answer)
   • 3 days
   • 1 year
5. Why does a goshawk need a long tail in thick woods?
   • To keep warm
   • To steer among the trees (answer)
   • To dig a nest

Words

• accipiters: forest hawk group
• perches: sits and waits
• prey: food animal
• weave: twist in, out